YANO Projects

Youth Outreach/Community Engagement

In it's home region of San Diego County, CA, Project YANO engages in direct outreach to young people through local high schools. It also gives conference workshops for students and parents. Additional outreach is done via booths at public events like the annual Chicano Park Commemoration and San Diego EarthFair. Project YANO also works in various coalitions on policy issues that can have an impact on career and educational options for young people.

Developing Resources

Brochures and fliers developed by Project YANO are used by other groups nationally to help young people make educated decisions about their future. Our resources include literature on the realities of military enlistment and war, as well as information on alternatives for college funding, job training and careers in peacemaking and social change. Since Spanish-speaking communities are especially targeted for aggressive military recruitment, most of our educational materials are bilingual, and we maintain a Spanish version of our Web site.

National & International Level Work

Project YANO's national work includes providing advice and training to grassroots groups with similar goals in other communities. Some of our materials are written specifically for activists seeking to start new educational projects, particularly in places where young people normally have little information on alternatives to the military. Project YANO serves on the steering committee of The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth. Project YANO has also had an international impact by sharing its extensive organizing experience with a growing movement to challenge the militarization of schools in other countries.

Comments on the Militarizing of Youth

"Won’t the vast majority of undocumented youth find the college path simply too difficult and the military path deceptively simple? How many like Sebastián and Angel will end up as cannon fodder in the next unnecessary war? " Jorge Mariscal

CAREERS IN PEACEMAKING AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Choosing a Career that Pays in Many Ways." Brochure for high school-age youths:discusses how to make a career choice that is compatible with both income needs and ethical values.Print Size: 8½ x 11 (double sided) Download in English - 77 Kb (v. 1/04)

COME SING WITH US!

If you live in San Diego County come to rehearsals of the Peace On Earth Carolers starting in October 2014. Find Out More

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About Project YANO

Project YANO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization that provides young people with an alternative point of view about military enlistment. Many of our members are armed forces veterans who believe that high school students are getting a distorted picture of the military and war from recruiting ads and marketing. In particular, we are concerned that many low-income students and students of color are being diverted away from higher education and into the military, where they are found in disproportionate numbers.

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Thank You For Your Support

Thank you for supporting our work! With your help, we will continue to reach thousands of youths directly each year and many more indirectly through the other organizations that use our educational resources. Together, we will build a more peaceful, just society. - Project YANO